Stencils Only

Sanja Lazic was born in 1990 in Belgrade, Serbia. Her interest in art comes from a very early age and although she didn’t have the talent to pursue it professionally, she enjoys every day working and writing about it. Her favorite urban artists are Interesni Kazki, Saner and Phlegm.

Impressive List of Participating Artists

The exhibition entitled Stencils Only features works by A1ONE, BTOY, DECYCLE, FAKE, Fin DAC, Jana&Js, kurznachzehn, L.E.T., Orticanoodles, Tankpetrol, Wolfgang Krell and Hannah Chloe. Alone, or A1ONE as he is called now is one of the pioneers of the urban art scene in Middle East. Started painting walls of Tehran, Iran in 2003, this street artist was one of the first people who risked being caught by police and prosecuted because of his art act. The godfather of graffiti in Iran soon became an inspiration and role model for other beginners and young talented kids who wanted to start painting. Today, very much thanks to A1ONE, graffiti scene in the Middle East is very vibrant and diverse. Another name on the list is Barcelona based artist Andrea Michaelsson, aka BTOY. The fact that connects A1ONE and this fantastically talented girl is the period when they started painting. BTOY approached art as an escape after her mother’s death and saw it as a great anti-stress therapy. Inspired by liberal women through history and actresses from the period of classic Hollywood, BTOY usually portrays the importance of women, their strength and power.

For the London based artist Fin DAC, street art is much more than a pure usage of paint. He perfected the style called Urban Aesthetics, which involves atypical paint/stencil technique that ignores all the accepted visual language of street art almost completely. On the other hand, the street art duo Jana & JS creates multi-colored stencil murals in all sizes. The murals are mostly based on their personal photographic workand they usually respond and interact with the surroundings. Subject of their art are primarily finely detailed people painted in a highly complex stencils.

L.E.T. – Still ugly (grey)Jana&Js – Trying to hide

The local Dusseldorf art community is also represented at the show. Artist kurznachzehn, LET and Decycle are among the most creative and talented and chosen to be part of the exhibition for a reason. Italian stencil duo Orticanoodles will present their latest edition „Who loves ya, baby“, and remaining artists who will have the chance to display their art at Stencils Only are Tankpetrol, FAKE and Wolfgang Krell.

Stencils Only opened December 12th at Pretty Portal in Dusseldorf, Germany and will remain on view all the way until January 30, 2015.

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